Comment by Riri on Rikuu

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@Rikuu thank you again for your advices, they're really helpful!<3

you're right, I'll do 8-12k steps on the days I'm strength training since I don't want to hate life and burn myself out with doing 20-25k steps even on those days, and start slow with the resistance training after resting for a few more days till I'm physically and mentally ready for it. 

I have one last question to ask, you said earlier that 'you were me before', does that mean you're not anymore? Have you already reached your weight goals? I've been always curious about how people manage after reaching their dream body, I mean do you still occasionally workout and eat high protein meals? How do you eat your meals because for me I've these invisible glasses on at all times now that show me the estimated calories of the food, it's almost like I don't see food as food anymore rather that if I can afford to eat it and if it'll be in my calorie budget for the day or not if I eat it. It's sad, truthfully, not being able to enjoy food without worrying about it's calories but what can I do, I don't want to gain weight again .. but I don't want to keep on worrying about whatever I'm consuming so much either, I want to be like normal people who enjoy food as food and go on with the rest of their day without being so anxious over it being over their calories budget. It's exhausting, but it's helpful too, to know exactly what I am consuming, however, I don't want to live on my whole life like this either ..

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Rikuu
Rikuu·10 months ago
@Riri well I used to be super strict like that, but now I’ve eased up. I still work out regularly and try to eat enough protein because it makes me feel good, but I don’t track or count every single thing like before. At first, I definitely couldn’t look at food without seeing numbers, just like what you described. But slowly, I started letting go of that mindset.

I won’t lie, it took time, but eventually I learned to trut myself more. Now I can enjoy meals for what they are instead of just worrying if they fit into a number. I still keep ny habits, but in a way that feels more natural and less stressful. So it is possible to find that balanc i mean like you don’t lose all the discipline but you also don’t feel trapped by it forever